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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 431

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Relating to: hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals issued to recipients of a medal awarded by the U.S. armed forces that is equal to or higher than the Purple Heart medal in order of precedence and maintenance of a list of such medals by the Department of Veterans Affairs. (FE)

Fish and fishing — License Floodplain management Hunting Military personnel Milwaukee — City Natural resources, department of — Hunting and fishing Veteran Veterans affairs, department of Veterinary medicine

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to treat a nonresident

recipient of a U.S. armed forces award that is equal to or higher than the Purple

Heart medal in order of precedence as a resident for purposes of issuing hunting,

trapping, or fishing approvals. The bill also requires DNR to issue a conservation

patron license at a reduced fee to a resident or nonresident applicant who has

received a U.S. armed forces award that is equal to or higher than the Purple Heart

medal in order of precedence. Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs is

required to maintain a list of medals awarded by the U.S. armed forces that are equal

to or higher than the Purple Heart medal in order of precedence.

Under current law, DNR must treat a qualified member of the U.S. armed

forces, a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard or a nonresident

who has received the Purple Heart medal as a resident for purposes of determining

the member's eligibility for, and cost of, obtaining hunting, trapping, or fishing

approvals. Fees for approvals issued to residents are lower than for those issued to

nonresidents. This bill expands this treatment to a nonresident who has received a

medal awarded by the U.S. armed forces that is equal to or higher than the Purple

Heart medal in order of precedence.

Under current law, a conservation patron license confers a number of hunting,

trapping, and fishing privileges and allows free vehicle admission to state parks and

related areas. Under current law, DNR must issue a conservation patron license at

a reduced fee to a resident or nonresident applicant who has received a Purple Heart

medal. This bill expands this requirement to a resident or nonresident applicant who

has received a medal awarded by the U.S. armed forces that is equal to or higher in

order of precedence than the Purple Heart medal.

Under this bill, for purposes of a DNR determination of whether a person is a

qualified recipient of a U.S. armed forces medal, verification by a county veteran

services office is sufficient proof that a person has received an armed forces medal.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Craig (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Stroebel (R)

29 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Crowley (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Ott (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Craig, Marklein and Moulton; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, Skowronski, Allen, Bernier, Brandtjen, Crowley, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Krug, Mason, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ott, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Tittl

  2. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry

  3. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 7, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 4, 2018 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1